“The way of working in Qatar is very different from Europe. There, employers frequently take away passports and force people to work twelve hours a day in the burning sun. Therefore I think that Dutch companies, banks and pension funds should not want their money to be used by such companies,” says FNV chairman Ton Heerts.

The researchers identified inter alia 25 Dutch financial institutions investing in companies involved in construction projects in Qatar where workers were treated badly. These are ING and ABN Amro banks and four of the largest pension funds.

The FNV has approached all these institutions about this.

Qatar World Cup: migrants wait a year to be paid for building offices: here.

FIFA will “never change” while Sepp Blatter remains president, according to his former ally Jack Warner: here.